Ezra Collective at Field Day. Photo: Giles Smith.
Ezra Collective recently played a special tunes as they took the king of afrobeat's catalog.
Attaching Fela was not an easy task, and the band signed an additional crew of musicians and friends to help them deliver their own energetic powers that lasted to the king of afrobeat's compositions.
"Since meeting 6 years ago, as friends, before dreams of writing our own music, what united us musically was our Iove for Fela Kuti. This was the tribute show that was always meant to happen," mentions drummer Femi Koleoso.
Ezra Collective is one of the brightest lights coming out of the new jazz game.
The 5-piece piece-consisting of drummer Femi Koleoso, bassist TJ Koleoso, keyboardist Joe Armon Jones, trumpet player Dylan Jones, and James Mollison on saxophone-regularly earned from their afrobeat, hip-hop, and reggae influences to create something completely unique.
The group recently played a special gig as part of the Sound Church series in which their afrobeat influences were really present as they were taken into the catalog of Fela Kuti.
Watch a video from the concert below, captured by Three Shades, and catch the group on their upcoming European tour dates in July and August which you can check out in full here.
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